Five days away from when we depart, and this is my final pre-trip required blog post, about my pre-conceptions, my hopes, and my fears about traveling to see London and Rome.
Month: August 2014
Summer Remodeling Project
My home has been an ongoing project ever since I got it. Originally it was supposed to be a quick flip: new coat of paint, re-finish the floors, update the cabinet doors, swap out the plugs and switches for more modern ones. Unfortunately the inspector was a bit less than competent and it’s been an ongoing project ever since.
Free Write – 2014/08/16
Looking at my lover laid out besides me, curled up in my arms, the warmth of her body against mine. My hand wanders across her bare skin and I am thinking of the three ways I touch my lover.
Tasting Pennies
I’ve always heard it said that blood in your mouth tastes like pennies, that it’s the copper you are tasting. Actually has me wondering if that is still true, if there is still enough copper in a penny to taste that way. Don’t have any pennies to check, at least not any that are clean enough that I’d want to put in my mouth, but I am tasting blood now.
To the Dentist
I’ve never liked going to the dentist. Not because of it being painful, and if it is painful your dentist sucks and you need a new one, but because it leaves me in a philosophical sort of mood.
The Marvels of Rome (1)
Part of my study abroad trip to London and Rome in September is a series of blog posts about some assigned readings, and reflections upon them. This is the fourteenth such post, and is one of one about The Marvels of Rome (of which I am uncertain on the author name).
Virgil’s The Aeneid (1)
Part of my study abroad trip to London and Rome in September is a series of blog posts about some assigned readings, and reflections upon them. This is the thirteenth such post, and is one of one about Virgil’s The Aenied.
Art of Travel by Alain de Botton (1)
Part of my study abroad trip to London and Rome in September is a series of blog posts about some assigned readings, and reflections upon them. This is the twelfth such post, and is one of one about Alain de Botton’s Art of Travel.
Robert Hughes’ Rome (5)
Part of my study abroad trip to London and Rome in September is a series of blog posts about some assigned readings, and reflections upon them. This is the eleventh such post, and is five of five about Robert Hughes’ Rome: A Cultural, Visual, and Personal History.
Free Write – 2014/08/06
The hot air seems to suck the life out of everything it touches. Even sitting in the shade, beneath the picnic umbrella covering this patio table, my salad seems to shrivel and brown a little more with each caress of the wind.